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102067. Cinchona sp. Rubiaceae. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Col. Victor 

 E. Ruehl, Caldwell, N.J. Received Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1933. 



102068. Pachiea sp. Bombacaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by W. A. 

 Mace. Madruga. Received February 28, 

 1033. 



Tbe pacbiras are tropical American trees, 

 allied to Bombax, witb sbowy pinkish or 

 yellowish flowers. 



102069. Ribes sativum Syme. Grossu- 

 lariaceae. Garden currant. 



From Norway. Cuttings purchased from 

 Dr. P. Stedje, Director, Statens Fors0ks- 

 stasjon for Fruktdyrkning, Nj0s, Sognef- 

 jord. Received February 20, 1933. 



Red Holland. Received as R0d HollandsTc. 



102070. DUBOISIA HOPWOODII F. 



Solanaceae. 



Muell. 

 Pitnri. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 Director of Agriculture, Perth, Western 

 Australia. Received February 17, 1933. 



A shrub or small tree native to Aus- 

 tralia. The thick linear leaves are 2 to 4 

 inches long, and the small inconspicuous 

 flowers, borne in leafy pyramidal panicles, 

 are followed by small black berries. The 

 leaves are said to contain an alkaloid sim- 

 ilar to nicotine. 



102071 to 102076. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Me- 

 morial Park, Nanking. Received Feb- 

 ruary 17, 1933. 



102071. Androsace saxifragaefolia 

 Bunge. Primulaceae. 



A biennial, related to A. rotundlfolia, 

 with rounded-cordate rigid dentate leaves 

 and white flowers the size of those of 

 A. villosa. Native to northeastern 

 China. 



102072. Anemone cernua Thunb. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. 



A perennial herb, native to Japan, 

 with pinnately deeply divided hairy 

 leaves and solitary nodding flowers, the 

 color of dragon's blood, on pubescent 

 scapes. 



102073. Euonymus longifolius Champ. 

 Celastraceae. 



A subtropical shrub with opposite 

 narrow-oblong green glossy leaves 4 to 6 

 inches long, small ligbt-green flowers in 

 small cymes, and reddish capsules. Na- 

 tive to Hong Kong. 



102074. Euscaphis japonica (Thunb.) 

 Dipp. Staphyleaceae. 



A shrub up to 10 feet high, native 

 to Japan and China. The compound 

 leaves are made up of 7 to 11 ovate- 

 lanceolate serrate leaflets 3 inches long, 

 and the small white flowers, in upright 

 panicles, are followed by brown-red 

 fruits which open, exposing the steel- 

 blue seeds. 



102075. Ilex 

 foliaceae. 



purpurea Hassk. 



Aqui- 

 Holly. 



An evergreen tree with crenate-ser- 

 rulate, elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 2 to 3 

 inches long, and red berries, half an 



102071 to 102076— Continued. 



inch long, in clusters of 2 to 5. It is 

 native to Japan and central China. 



For previous introduction see 91254. 



102076. Lilium brownii Poit. Liliaceae. 

 Brown's lily. 



A Chinese lily with stems 2 to 3 feet 

 high and lanceolate leaves 3 to 5 inches 

 long. The flowers, usually solitary but 

 sometimes 2 to 4 together, are 6 to 8 

 inches long and nearly as wide, and are 

 delicately fragrant. The waxy seg- 

 ments are creamy white inside, fading 

 to pure white and tinged with yellow 

 at the base. Outside they are white 

 with brown-purple midribs ; the three 

 outer ones are variably tinged with 

 brownish purple. 



102077. Cucumis melo L. Oucurbita- 

 ceae. Melon. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by H. 



Brayard, Directeur de la Ferme Experi- 



mentale, Marrakech. Received Febru- 

 ary 17, 1933. 



Charentais. One of the best commer- 

 cial strains of that region. 



102078. Calandeinia balonensis 

 Lindl. Portulacaceae. Parakeelya. 



From Australia. Seeds presented through 

 Monson Morris, Smithtown, Long Island, 

 N.Y. Received February 20, 1933. 



A perennial herb about a foot high, na- 

 tive to Queensland, Australia. The thick 

 fleshy obiong-spatulate leaves are less than 

 1 inch long at the base of the plant while 

 the upper ones are 2 inches long and lin- 

 ear-lanceolate. The large purple flowers, 1 

 to 2 inches across, are borne in loose ter- 

 minal racemes. 



For previous introduction see 101298. 



102079 and 102080. 



From India. Seeds presented by Dr. W. 

 Burns, economic botanist, Department of 

 Agriculture, Pooua, Bombay. Received 

 February 21, 1933. 



102079. Chrysopogon 

 Poaceae. 



montanus Trin. 

 Grass. 



A handsome perennial grass which be- 

 comes from 3 to 5 feet high. In India it 

 has an excellent reputation as a fodder 

 grass, and the seeds are collected and 

 used as food by the natives. This grass 

 has succeeded well in Florida and at 

 Biloxi, Miss., and for the Gulf States it 

 possesses some promise as a pasture 

 grass. 

 102080. Chionachne koenigii (Spreng.) 



Thwaites (Polytoca oarbata Stapf). 



Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A stout grass 3 to 5 feet high, native 

 to India, Ceylon, and Java. The thick- 

 margined lanceolate leaves are 1 to 2 

 feet long, and the flowers are borne in 

 spikes 1 to 2 inches long. 



102081. Ribes sativum Syme. Grossu- 

 lariaceae. Garden currant. 



From Norway. Cuttings purchased from 

 Prof. Olav Moen, Norges Landbrukshois- 

 kole, Undervisningen i Grosnnsakdyrk- 

 ning og Planteskolddrift. Received Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1933. 



Red Holland. Received as R0d Hollandsk. 



For previous introduction see 102069. 



